Law Enforcement Announces Over $808,000
Raised for Special Olympics Virginia
The 21st Virginia Law Enforcement Torch Run began May 24th in front of the Richmond SunTrust Building. The Torch Run Kick-Off Ceremony brought more than 125 law enforcement officers from all over Virginia to Richmond to announce the funds raised during the year. Attorney General of Virginia Robert F. McDonnell and State Torch Run Chair Stafford Sheriff Charles Jett accepted the checks from the 13 state Torch Run regions totally 808,624.
“SunTrust is excited and proud to support this event. SunTrust developed a bond with the Special Olympics over 20 years ago, now we find it only fitting to expand upon this growing relationship by becoming a proud sponsor of the 2006 Torch Run,” said President & CEO of SunTrust Mid Atlantic, C.T. Hill said when presenting Special Olympics Virginia a check of $25,000 of support.
Virginia Secretary of Public Safety John W. Marshall, along with athletes Graham Wright and Chesapeake First Sergeant Marie Kane, delivered the “Flame of Hope” to the Kick-off Ceremony.
The Torch Run will begin June 2nd as over 3,000 Virginia Law Enforcement Officials will cross the Commonwealth carrying the Flame of Hope over 1,900 miles to the Summer Games Opening Ceremony. The Torch Run will conclude on June 9th at the University of Richmond with the pageantry of a traditional Opening Ceremony in the Robins Center, the parade of athletes and the lighting of the Olympic Caldron.
The Torch Run is Special Olympics’ largest grass-roots fundraiser and public awareness vehicle, raising more than $800,000 annually in Virginia and over $20 million worldwide.
Presented by SunTrust & Macy’s and supported by the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, the Virginia Sheriff’s Association, and the Virginia Department of Corrections and the Virginia Association of Regional Jails, this bond extends the boundaries of a department and unites officers in the region, throughout the Commonwealth and around the world.
For more information on the Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics Virginia, please go to www.torchrunva.com or www.specialolympicsva.com.
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